Down to Earth
The Zodiac calendar says it’s ‘Year of the Dog,’ but for the region’s environmental stewards, it’s the ‘Year of’ this watershed?
What is the Anacostia?
The District, Maryland, and Virginia reached consensus this year on this amount of dedicated funding for Metro.
What is $500 M?
This former associate director for Smart Growth America has focused on building strong, sustainable communities. This year, she’s at the helm of Region Forward.
Who is Dannielle Glaros?
This local official is the longest serving, current COG Board member.
Who is Penny Gross?
(Since 1998.)
This is the region’s youngest sports franchise. It plays at Capital One Arena, and soon St. Elizabeth’s Arena.
Who are the Washington Mystics?
Broad Run, Catoctin Creek, Maddox Branch. Are all tributaries of this major source of the Region’s drinking water.
What is the Potomac River?
Car is still king, but the TPB’s Travel Trends survey shows a third of area commuters are doing this at least occasionally.
What is teleworking?
Roughly 180 countries maintain one of these in the Greater Washington region.
What
is an embassy?
(Also acceptable, What is a chancery?)
This elected official has chaired the COG Board twice--first in 2004 and again in 2014.
Who is Phil Mendelson?
This local tournament, held this year in Montgomery County, is hosted by Tiger Woods, and benefits his foundation.
What is the Quicken Loans National?
(Held earlier this month at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm.)
This two-time MWAQC Chairman helped register nearly a million voters as a former political director for Rock the Vote.
Who is Hans Riemer?
Riders use high speed elevators to reach this Montgomery County Metro station. Its platform is 21 stories below the ground.
What is Forest Glen?
23 percent of the region’s residents were born elsewhere, with most immigrating from this country.
What is El Salvador?
1,886 commercial buildings in our region have achieved this green building rating – that’s more than any other region.
What is LEED certified?
DC residents consume more of this per capita than any other state or district in the U.S.
What is wine?
Green, yellow, orange, red, purple. Not colors of the rainbow, but categories on this index describing levels of pollution.
What is Air Quality?
This new TPB long-range plan, to be finalized this year, will help the region picture its transportation future.
What is Visualize 2045?
Hallå! Metropolitan Washington’s economy is similar in size to that of this Scandanavian country.
What is Sweden?
Metropolitan Washington is growing its entrepreneur and IT services sectors faster than this east coast region. Hint: Chairman Letourneau roots for its sports teams.
What is Boston?
(We’re #1.)
Much of this 1973 movie was filmed in the area. It earned Linda Blair a Golden Globe for best supporting actress.
What is The Exorcist?
‘Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside!’ There are 500,000+ acres of this in the metropolitan area.
What is farmland?
How many of the newly elected Metro Safety Commission (MSC) officers have served as the National Transportation Safety Board Chairman (NTSB)?
What is two?
“Greater Washington’s strengths start with our people—our talent,” reads a joint COG letter sent in 2017 to this Forbes-list topping CEO.
Who is Jeff Bezos?
A tip of the mortarboard to the region’s residents. Half have earned one of these, compared to 30% nationally.
What is a college degree?
This area building originally was given the telephone number “1” and currently has a total of 35 bathrooms.
What is the White House?